I'm not just a director

Lao Mouzi's reputation today is far greater than in its heyday after the 08 Olympics.

But the opponent is already awesome enough now, especially after "Hero".

Although this movie made Lao Mouzi's reputation deteriorate a lot.

However, with a box office of more than 200 million, Lao Mouzi has become a god in the minds of some viewers.

Therefore, after hearing Lao Mouzi's recommendation, everyone was looking forward to "Kung Fu" with great anticipation.

In this era when the credibility of public figures is still of some use, Lao Mouzi's recommendation made the audience instantly moved.

“Someone once asked me, what is the difference between Hong Kong films and mainland films?

This question seems boring at first glance. After all, whether it is Hong Kong or mainland China, they are all Chinese movies. "

Hearing Lao Mouzi's words, the audience couldn't help but smile.

Just listen to Lao Mouzi continue:

"But if you think about it carefully, there are still big differences. First of all, in terms of region, there are indeed some differences between mainland movies and Hong Kong movies.

The biggest difference lies in the degree of commercialization.

Commercialization means winning the favor of more audiences. In this regard, I think Hong Kong films are at the forefront. "

Before "Hero", all domestic films were groping in literary and artistic films.

Of course, except for Feng Xiaogang’s New Year film series.

The commercialization of films in Hong Kong Province started earlier. As early as 1901, Hong Kong Province had its first cinema, Xilaiyuan, which marked the beginning of the commercialization of films.

After experiencing a series of changes and tribulations, in the 60s, Shaw Brothers Film Company began to train a large number of artists and stars to make Kung Fu movies.

One after another, like a factory assembly line, low cost and high efficiency.

Because film shooting at that time did not have a variety of special effects like today, but in terms of industrial level, Hong Kong Province at this time had surpassed other regions in Asia.

This vertically integrated industrial model and the business philosophy of producing and raising stars by one's own have brought Shaw Brothers to its peak.

It also lays a solid industrial foundation for Hong Kong to become the film center of Asia.

In the 70s, Li Xiaolong, who rose to prominence in the United States with "The Green Hornet," decided to return to Hong Kong to develop.

He first chose the powerful Shaw Brothers Group, but because the salary offered was too low, Golden Harvest took advantage of the situation and went to the United States for a visit, offering a sky-high salary of US$7500 per film to recruit Li Xiaolong.

In 1971, Bruce Lee's first movie "Brother Tangshan" in Golden Harvest was released, setting a record for the highest box office since the opening of Hong Kong Province.

"Fist of Fury" in 72 broke the box office record in Asia. In the same year, Jiahe launched "The Way of the Dragon" while the iron was hot, which is a classic written, directed and starred by Li Xiaolong.

As Golden Harvest's international status improved, in 73 they cooperated with Warner Films to film "Enter the Dragon", which set off a "Kung Fu craze" internationally.

Golden Harvest and Bruce Lee achieved mutual success. The former helped the latter reach the peak of his career, and the latter made the former dominate Hong Kong Province.

Later, Li Xiaolong died unexpectedly, and Jiahe fell into trouble.

Fortunately, the boss Zou Wenhuai stabilized the morale of the army and cooperated closely with Xu Guanwen, known as the "stern smiler".

He wrote, directed and acted in "The Ghostly Star", "Half a Category" and "Modern Bodyguard" to help Golden Harvest survive the difficulties safely.

At the same time, it further expanded Golden Harvest's film market in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

In the following 80s, Cheng Long, Zhou Runfa, Wu Yushen, Xu Ke and others began to emerge. Although they have different types of work, they all shine in their respective fields, until now...

Lao Mouzi paused, and then continued:

"Are Mainland films not as good as Hong Kong films? No, it's just that the commercialization of Hong Kong films was earlier and the industrial chain was more complete. Therefore, there are many successful commercial films in Hong Kong films.

Looking at mainland movies, there are many excellent literary and artistic films, and most mainland movies are mainly drama films.

Many excellent films are also more "artistic" in style.

Hong Kong films, on the other hand, pay more attention to business, and their film styles are more in line with public tastes.

Most of the time, commercial films have a wider audience than literary films.

In recent years, many excellent commercial films have emerged in the mainland, especially comedy films and theme films, which have made great breakthroughs.

The entertainment background is different. The film market has developed rapidly and has become a form of entertainment accepted by most people.

However, the works of mainland films in the early years were more "serious".

Hong Kong films produce a large number of films every year, and their accumulated influence is also considerable.

However, today's Hong Kong films are in decline compared to their heyday, while mainland films are developing rapidly.

One has a solid foundation and the other is growing. In short, with the rise of the film industry, there will be more and more outstanding Chinese films in the future.

The development of Chinese films will also get better and better..."

What Lao Mouzi said was sincere, and the audience in Hong Kong found it very useful to hear it.

This is someone who is regarded as a top director in the Mainland.

"That's all I want to say. I hope everyone can go to the cinema and watch this movie. Thank you."

After Lao Mouzi finished speaking, he walked to the audience with a smile.

On the stage, Zhou Xingchi slowly appeared on the stage, and Jiang Peian followed behind him.

Zhou Xingchi speaks Cantonese and Jiang Pei'an translates into Mandarin. The combination of these two people feels good.

"Thank you Director Zhang for your explanation of film. Director Zhang is very accomplished in film, and he is also the subject of my study.

As Director Zhang said, "Kung Fu" is indeed a work that we have put great effort into, and we hope everyone will support it. "

Zhou Xingchi said seriously.

After speaking, he looked at Jiang Pei'an again, and Jiang Pei'an picked up the microphone and said in Mandarin:

"'Kung Fu' is great to watch, please support it."

Gone?

Zhou Xingchi looked at Jiang Pei'an in confusion, "I said so much before, but you didn't even translate it?"

Jiang Peian blinked innocently, isn't that what you want to express?

The audience in the audience was already amused by the two of them, especially Jiang Peian, the translator.

"Hahaha, if I were Mr. Xing, I would definitely want to stab Director Jiang on the spot!"

"Please, it's not like we don't understand Cantonese. Mr. Xing obviously said so many words, but it was translated into this sentence."

"No, I'm going to die laughing. Jiang Peian is so good at putting on shows, hahaha."

Zhou Xingchi glanced at Jiang Peian speechlessly, and then announced the start of the next program.

The next program is a program presented by artists from Huayi.

Hu Jun, Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing and Qiao Zhenyu took the stage together.

The combination of two soldiers is not common. It is said that these two people have had many conflicts in the company.

But this time we can actually see the two of them on the same stage, which shows that Wang Jinghua played a lot of role in it. Not to mention Hu Jun, he was promoted by Jiang Pei'an, so of course he would come to Jiang Pei'an's movie promotion.

As for Qiao Zhenyu, Jiang Peian described it in one sentence:

Handsome!

You must know that this is one of the "Four Beauties in the End of the World".

It can be said that this person was at the peak of his career when he debuted, and his first work was with Hong Jinbao and Fan Shaohuang.

He was later named one of the "Four Beauties from the End of the World" and the "most beautiful male god in ancient costume" in the eyes of the audience.

Wherever this person stops, it reminds people of a bad word used in later generations:

"The people in Mo are like jade, and the young master is unparalleled in the world."

In 2000, the movie "The Dragon and the Tiger" directed by Lan Hanhai invited Hong Jinbao and Fan Shaohuang to serve as the leading actors.

However, he ran into trouble in the process of selecting a villain actor. He searched everywhere for a leading actor, and finally settled on Qiao Zhenyu.

Because Qiao Zhenyu has practiced dancing for many years, he has an aura of both good and evil. He is tall, handsome, and has an elegant and easy-going temperament.

Director Lan Hanhai considers him to be the perfect villain!

He has never studied professional acting, and he is inseparable from Hong Jinbao, Fan Shaohuang and others, and he looks like a handsome "vase".

But his "vase" still has room for use. He is young and vigorous, and has endless energy throughout his body.

Qiao Zhenyu's strong personality cultivated from practicing dancing since childhood made Qiao Zhenyu not complain even if he was injured when he went to the crew for filming.

After the release of "The Dragon and the Tiger", benefiting from Hong Jinbao's golden signature, the film achieved a very high box office.

In the play, Qiao Zhenyu is also well-known to the audience because of his handsome appearance.

After all, he is just a dancer. Because he is so handsome, he is favored by more directors.

Later, film appointments became frequent, which was originally a happy event, but it caused countless troubles to Qiao Zhenyu.

Qiao Zhenyu's character is far from being as cold and numb as in movies and TV shows. On the contrary, he is lively and never likes to be restrained.

However, Qiao Zhenyu was very resistant to the director's instructions and the cooperation between the actors during the filming process.

He had never thought of becoming an actor before, and certainly never had any stage name for himself.

Perhaps because he regarded acting as entertainment, Qiao Zhenyu completely released himself after receiving the script of "The New Female Consort".

Every action reveals arrogance and domineering, which makes more viewers have a good impression of him as a "little fresh meat".

In 2003, director Zhang Zhen invited Qiao Zhenyu to play the role of Sai Huatuo in a wheelchair in "Snowflake Goddess Dragon".

However, he just relied on his superb appearance to turn the proud and cunning Ouyang Mingriyang into "one of the four beauties in the world".

Many people have seen Ren Tianye’s fashionable noodle hair and Dong Xuan’s beautiful photos of biting her hair.

But she is fascinated by Sai Huatuo played by Qiao Zhenyu. The popularity of this TV series also made Qiao Zhenyu embark on the path of "cosplay male god"...

Qiao Zhenyu is handsome, Hu Jun is domineering, and the two soldiers are indescribably beautiful. As soon as this combination appeared on the stage, they attracted cheers from countless audiences.

The audience was in extreme excitement throughout the party. The Hong Kong audience was very excited because they saw the new generation of idols from the mainland.

Mainland audiences are also very happy. After all, Zhou Xingchi has a special meaning to many mainland audiences.

And being able to see mainland stars performing to their heart's content on the stage in Hong Kong makes them feel proud.

Look, no matter how good your Hong Kong movies are, you still have to invite stars from our mainland to promote them!

But apart from the movie, the most impressive thing about this party was Jiang Pei'an's active performance.

The mainland media were not surprised by Jiang Pei'an's actions, but the Hong Kong media were almost shocked.

Please, you were never so kind to us before!

Anyway, the three-hour celebration finally came to an end.

After the celebration, "Kung Fu" was simultaneously released nationwide in the early morning.

Yes, not only Hong Kong Province, but also mainland China released this epoch-making movie at the same time.

After all the performances, Stephen Chow's Xinhui Company invited everyone to dinner.

Jiang Peian stood alone in the background, looking at the promotional poster for "Kung Fu".

This is a very classic movie promotion poster. Zhou Xingchi is standing in the middle wearing a white training suit, behind him are the chartered father-in-law, mother-in-law, mute girl, Brother Chen and other characters.

Now that Brother Chen has changed, can this movie continue the legend of the previous life?

"Pei'an, everyone has left, let's go have dinner too."

Zhou Xingchi came behind Jiang Peian at some point and said slowly.

Jiang Pei'an looked back at Zhou Xingchi. He still had the same calm expression, but Jiang Pei'an could clearly see a trace of relaxation and relief in his expression.

“Director Zhou, it’s a big hit at the box office!”

Jiang Peian said with a smile.

“A box office hit!”

Zhou Xingchi replied with the same smile.

This was one of the few genuine smiles he had tonight.

……

In the early morning of December 2004, 12, "Kung Fu" was released nationwide.

Mainland movie theaters are abuzz, and almost everyone comes here for Stephen Chow's name.

Stephen Chow has multiple identities as director, starring, screenwriter and producer.

In later generations, this film became the annual box office champion in mainland China and Hong Kong.

Stephen Chow also broke the historical record in Hong Kong held by his own "Shaolin Football".

It also won many awards including the Academy Award for Best Film, the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film and the Best Director Award. It is the pinnacle of Stephen Chow's career as an actor and director.

Whether it's lines or characters, "Kung Fu" has a lot of memorable points and highlights. Many characters such as the landlord, the landlord, Fire Cloud Evil God, Brother Chen, etc. are all fresh in people's minds.

But now, this movie is like a new-born baby, far less honorable than later generations.

The audience's reputation after watching the movie will also be the first step towards the success of the movie.

"It's great. It's been a long time since I've seen a movie that made me laugh so happily."

"Master Xing is Master Xing after all. The exaggerated and nonsensical comedy effect made me laugh out loud in the movie."

"In my opinion, this movie is far less frivolous than it appears. On the contrary, it has a very deep core. Xingye's movies will never disappoint!"

The first batch of audiences had already walked out of the theater, and many media who were waiting at the entrance of the movie came to interview them immediately.

Most of the viewers gave very fair evaluations. Of course, there are some viewers who don't like this movie, but there are also a few...

Jiang Pei'an stayed in Hong Kong Province for about three days. During these three days, he accompanied Zhou Xingchi to promote all the places in Hong Kong Province.

It wasn't until the fourth day that Zhou Xingchi decided to go to the mainland to promote, that Jiang Peian rushed back to the capital with the promotional crew... (End of Chapter)